December is a full month. We hope you are enjoying the season as well as making time to care for yourself. Many of us allow self-care routines to slide during busy times, but full schedules are when self-care is more important than ever! Set aside windows of time to do the things that make you feel good: taking a walk, reading a book, or decluttering!
There are many great resources for the holiday season. Rather than add to it, we’ve curated a list of some of our favorites. Enjoy!
Clutter-free Gift Giving
- The SoKind Registry allows you to create “alternative” gift registries focused less on stuff and more on family, fun, and friends.
- The Simplify the Holidays campaign does just that: provides you with tips for making holidays and gift-giving more simple and meaningful.
- Our Clutter-free and Minimalist Gift Guide is our holiday gift guide, with lots of ideas for gifts that do not create clutter.
- Weddings and Birthdays and Parties, oh my! A guide to clutter-free gifts: this post has clutter-free ideas for both giving and receiving
- For Less Clutter: Choose Consumables: it’s all in the title! Suggestions for edible and usable gifts.
Holiday Decluttering
- 20 Ways to Declutter for the Holidays from Courtney Carver offers tips that are simple and straightforward, and will make a big difference in how you feel about your home!
- A Guide to Internet-lite Holidays: many of us are bombarded by email during the holidays. These tips will help you reassess your priorities, and eliminate the digital clutter from your life. Email cleaner tools are also good options for managing and reducing unwanted email.
Wellness
- These 30 simple ways to take care of yourself over the holidays will give you plenty of ideas of small things you can do to be a good steward of yourself. You are your keeper!
End on a high note!
- If you find yourself disappointed at the progress you have achieved in the past year, be gentle with yourself. We all have unmet goals at the end of a year. But you can use the energy of the coming new year to boost your spirits and your productivity.
No matter how you celebrate this season, we hope you do so with more ease, joy, and happiness… and less clutter!
Warmly, Pam and the Mindful Decluttering team
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